Fueled by Caffeine
Fueled by Caffeine MegaDork
6/14/14 10:52 a.m.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/4508596858.html

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/4508596858.html said: You can choose an AUTOCYCLE from my inventory (pics show some in progress) or I can customize YOUR front wheel drive car into a fully street legal, better handling, more MPG and a MORE FUN TO DRIVE "tri-mobile" with the front of an AUTOmobile and the rear of a motorCYCLE !!

Yes. Pillow block bearings hold on the rear swing arm. Awesome.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/14/14 11:39 a.m.

wait a minute... better handling?

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/14/14 11:58 a.m.

This seems exactly like something I should build!

Except I think I'll use the front of a rusty old Chevy 4x4 and the back of a Harley just to piss off and confuse people.

nderwater
nderwater PowerDork
6/14/14 12:15 p.m.

I'm unable to come up with a reason why these exist... Do it once to win a Concours d'Lemons, sure, but to do it twice smacks of mental unbalance. Way too much work went into these to be straight up trolling.

icaneat50eggs
icaneat50eggs HalfDork
6/14/14 12:45 p.m.

They exist because people all over the world have questionable taste and no understanding of physics.

bearmtnmartin
bearmtnmartin GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/14/14 2:06 p.m.

I like how the taillights on the red one face sideways. It's red because redneck

HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
6/14/14 2:19 p.m.

Kia_Racer
Kia_Racer Dork
6/14/14 2:22 p.m.

Is that even street legal. I wonder as there is no place for plate.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess MegaDork
6/14/14 3:17 p.m.

FINALLY. A use for a Del Sol.

The_Jed
The_Jed UltraDork
6/14/14 3:18 p.m.

Things should get pretty interesting when stress becomes strain.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
6/14/14 5:21 p.m.

So do you need a motorcycle license for it?

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic UberDork
6/14/14 5:37 p.m.

Done properly, this lets you get a more teardrop shape on the body, giving better mpg. There is nothing inherently wrong with the reverse trike in terms of making it handle. Though this is more along the lines of getting drunk and backhalfing your FWD car with stuff bought at tractor supply.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
6/14/14 7:20 p.m.

I'd drive it. I'd replace the pillow block bearings with something that would take an impact, but I'd drive it. I really like the re-purposed trailer tongue box. Besides, what else are you going to do with your FWD after soccer mom tags it in the rear, while texting her BFF about her latte.

In all honesty, I've seen much worse.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/14/14 7:56 p.m.

I could see doing it if you had a car that had been rear ended but was otherwise untouched from the doors forward

ShadowSix
ShadowSix Dork
6/14/14 7:59 p.m.

Ojala
Ojala GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
6/14/14 9:20 p.m.

In reply to ShadowSix:

I thought Morgan's were pretty cool till I drove one.

It was awful.

But I still think Morgan does it "right". That autocycle is a hot mess.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/14/14 10:15 p.m.
Ojala wrote: In reply to ShadowSix: I thought Morgan's were pretty cool till I drove one. It was awful. But I still think Morgan does it "right". That autocycle is a hot mess.

Details please? I've always been fascinated by them, so I'm curious why I should never buy/build one.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/14/14 10:21 p.m.

You forgot the third photo.

Travis_K
Travis_K UltraDork
6/14/14 11:59 p.m.

There is a civic or crx one parked in front of his shop in google street view too.

failboat
failboat UltraDork
6/15/14 8:16 a.m.
Ojala wrote: In reply to ShadowSix: I thought Morgan's were pretty cool till I drove one. It was awful. But I still think Morgan does it "right". That autocycle is a hot mess.

who cares how it drives, just look at it!

I saw one several weeks ago in Arlington Va, apparently a well to do dad driving his little daughter to school. Very cool.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/15/14 8:49 a.m.

the only way I could see a Morgan being "awful" is due to a lack of power, everything manual, and skinny skinny tyres. I am sure in many ways they make a bottom feeder Hyundai accent feel like a caddy with a big block

Flight Service
Flight Service MegaDork
6/15/14 9:07 a.m.
petegossett wrote: This seems *exactly* like something I should build! Except I think I'll use the front of a rusty old Chevy 4x4 and the back of a Harley just to piss off and confuse people.

I bet you could sell them

Ojala
Ojala GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
6/15/14 10:23 a.m.

In reply to mad_machine:

Exactamundo there Fonzarelli!

Rattly, clunky, slow, hard AND flimsy, and drove terrible on top of that. But lord knows they LOOK good. I was peeling off women.

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
6/15/14 11:09 a.m.

In reply to Flight Service:

With a front locker it would certainly be "entertaining" to drive…off-road.

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